Alicante Port
Alicante is a historic Mediterranean port city situated in the southern part of the Land of Valencia, in Spain. Uniquely located between the sea and the mountains, the city, it is both a commercial town and a popular tourist destination in Spain. In administrative terms, Alicante is the headquarters of the province of Alicante. It is also the second biggest Valencian city, which is home to over 0.3 million people.
If to browse through the pages of Spanish history, it becomes evident that Alicante has had inhabitants since at least 7000 years back. Its early inhabitants were the hunter gatherers who moved down from Central Europe to the Spanish terrains between 5000 and 3000 BC. Greek and Phoenician traders followed suit in 1000 BC. But, the events that had permanently altered the destiny of Alicante came not before the 6th century BC, when the region started to figure in the territorial expansion plans of the two powerful conflicting armies of that time – the Carthage and Rome. In fact, that was a period that had impacted virtually every traditional settlement of the early Europe. Not many parts of Europe had escaped the Roman invasion in those times, and the destiny of Alicante was also no different from theirs.
After the decline of the Romans in the 5th century, Alicante passed hands quite a number of times, came under the war lord Teodmiro, and had a brief period of Arab occupation, before it eventually fell under the rule of the Castellan king Alfonso X in 1246. However, that was not to end the cycle of wars and conquests – which was a common phenomenon in the medieval Europe – Alicante has to withstand as it took another three more centuries to settle down as a major trading station in the continent. Historians consider this 15th century period as the golden age of Alicante. But, as it is said that there is every low for every high, the city went through another low in the 18th and 19th centuries owing to different political reasons. But the end of the 19th century saw a vast revival of fortunes for Alicante and the city slowly clawed its way back to prosperity, thanks to international trade and a new world order (Spain was a neutral nation during the World War I).
The present day economy of Alicante is mostly based on tourism, wine production and export, and a thriving service industry. In terms of tourism, Alicante has some of the best beaches in the world, and its heritage is something that is unmatched in the whole of Europe. The major attractions in and around the city include the “Castillo de Santa Barbara”, City Hall Building, Paseo de la Explanada, Concatedral de San Nicolás de Bari and other cathedrals from the medieval periods, Palacio Gravina, Museo Municipal Casa de la Asegurada, and its many beaches – La Playa de San Juan, La Albufereta, and El Saladar and Los Judios, to name a few. Bonfires of Saint John and Moros y Cristianos are the two festivals characteristic of Alicante that are must-see events.
Alicante airport has connections to all parts of Spain and Europe. Alicante also has a bus station and a central train station that offers daily connections to Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona and Seville. Bus services cover virtually every part of Spain. To know more about Alicante, visit the city page.
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